Medical Definition of Compensatory pause

1. The pause following an extrasystole, when the pause is long enough to compensate for the prematurity of the extrasystole; the short cycle ending with the extrasystole plus the pause following the extrasystole together equal two of the regular cycles. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compensatory Pause

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compensations
compensative
compensatively
compensator
compensatorily
compensatorily lengthen
compensators
compensatory
compensatory atrophy
compensatory circulation
compensatory damages
compensatory hypertrophy
compensatory hypertrophy of the heart
compensatory lengthening
compensatory pause (current term)
compensatory spending
compensatory time
comper
compere
compered
comperes
compering
compers
compersion
compesce
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compesces
compete

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